#discarded vessel

[ultrabean]

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[em7raen]

doodled the vessel id created at the beginning of the game before they literally got atomized

[patchwork-crow-writes]

One thing that Deltarune seems to keep coming back to is the idea of being discarded. Or, to put it more accurately, to be cast aside and made obsolete by circumstances entirely outside of your control. We see this in the very beginning with the vessel we create - the narration literally says it "will now be discarded" before we can even inhabit it. We see echoes of this in Jevil and Spamton, both being made from objects that are generally discarded (literally in the former's case) and are desperately reaching out for some form of freedom and control over their destinies. We can even see it reflected in the teens of Hometown, who in one sense or another have been left behind by events outside of their control.

And this throughline has me thinking. At some point, I feel that the fun gang - more specifically Kris and Ralsei - are going to turn on us in an attempt to reclaim some sense of agency for themselves (see the concept art of the two of them holding a sword and facing us, which I talk about in more detail here), and that WE will end up being discarded in much the same way that the vessel was. Perhaps we reunite with the vessel as a result of this, and must spend a portion of the game trying to regain some semblance of influence over the story, bumping into the Fun Gang (or perhaps just Kris by themself) in an attempt to convince them to, if not necessarily let us possess them again, then at least to accompany them to their journey's conclusion.

Perhaps we would even have to fight the Fun Gang in said attempt to convince them. Perhaps our vessel would occupy the right hand side of the screen, much as a boss might. Much like someone like Jevil or Spamton might.

That's right - I think that there's a not-zero percent chance that in a future chapter, we will become our OWN secret boss.

[crow-perch]

happy halloween/deltarune anniversary!

for the occasion i wanted to post the refs i made for my AU kris & vessel/player designs :]

[andstuffsketches]

[drawing of Kris Deltarune, in Dark World form, being dipped (as if dancing) by the discarded vessel, which has been stylized as a mannequin. Kris's head is tipped back with a flat expression. Their right arm, holding their sword, is held out away from them by the mannequin arm, tied together with string]

vessel

[raccoonsonice]

Red Soul Monologue

[phasmakari]

Oo i will never finish this

[ilikedeltarune-not2]

Lead the way

[silverstormsxx]

deltarune au idea - "the happiest timeline"

Au where everything goes to plan during the goner maker sequence, and the player gets their vessel.. as it turns out, however, gaster basically rewrote the deltarune timeline so that the vessel/player was always kris' twin sibling, always apart of the dreemurr family.

Kris is the only one who seems to notice the discrepansies and inconsistencies surrounding their "twin" and decides that they're gonna figure them out if it's the last thing they do.

(Feel free to use/expand on this idea if you'd like)

[evil-scientist]

Gaster’s kids according to fans

[beanie-mauler]

i felt like trying to draw someone from the back so here's kris laughing for some unknown reason

also decided to draw the discarded vessel for funsies :>

[ultrabean]

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[starisenby]

Color swap edits are so fucking fun so have some cursed ones I've made

[grinningcatastrophes]

Fellow Vessel Knight enjoyers, where you at (Design by me, by @dessbian)

[yourlocaltiredartist]

oh wait one other thing! i know everyone’s agreed dess is the one in the code, and it probably is, but i think it’s worth considering that it might be the vessel too. it makes sense since it was literally discarded in that layer of the program and Unused, but also just like — if it’s dess, and she went missing years ago, why does the dialogue sound like she only just ended up there? there’s possible explanations for that but i feel like it’s worth considering other possibilities

[chaswritesandotherthings]

Writing practice deltarune fic to get better at writing for the puzzles fic!!

Not an x reader but it is based on Kris and the vessel thats made at the start of the game. It’ll be more of a straight forward less light hearted fic, but its going to revolve around the duo and how they traverse the darkworlds with Kris’ “friends” especially since the next chapter are going to be out in june!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/64424212/chapters/165411907